Happy Birthday Hailey!!!

As promised...Happy birthday Hailey! We had a good time at her party. We played lots of games and almost all her friends were here. She got a lot of fun things and lots of makeup!! Thanks to all that came and helped her celebrate. Some of my favorite things about Hailey:
She is a really good big sister! She truley loves these little girls.
She is really organized...don't know where she got that from??
She is all girl...she loves jewlery, money, crafts, reading and SHOPPING!
She loves clothes, makeup, and purses.
She has a crush on a boy at school, but I will not name names...
And did I mention that she is all drama all the time right now..this is a new thing!(must be the age)
She has a very sweet testimony and loves to go to primary.
I love our date nights with just us....which we will be doing this weekend, so she can spend her bday money. It will be long but FUN...
She is very competitive...she loves soccer and running club, and loves when she can beat Brenden at anything!!
Here is some of my favoite picutres of my baby girl..who is growing way to fast!!!









Here are some from her party...

Sleeping Beautys and BIG messes!

So here is how we found Kenzie asleep two nights ago..under the piano!

And Hailey asleep with her mask on...

And I couldn't resist my little red head.

I could not get one of Brenden because he was still awake..reading of course.
Then last night I went to kiss the kids when they were sleeping...I found that Miss Kenzie must have played a while. And she must have found a RED marker!! I cleaned up her artistry in the hall way but somehow I missed her room!


This morning she would not even come in and get me...Brenden was assuring her that it would be OK and he would come with her to tell me what she did. Am I that scary???

One small sweet thing. Today I took my girls to get some shots. They needed to catch up. Rylie only needed one, so she went first. When Kenzie saw what was going to happen to her, she would not even let me take off her jacket. After three of us holding her tight, we were ready. I looked over at Rylie...she was so upset. I asked her if she was OK and she said she hurts when Kenzie hurts. It is true. You could see her shake with every poke. When we were all done. Kenzie ran to her and they just squeezed each other. Everyone was in tears...as Rylie told Kenzie it was all over and she would make her feel better. I love these little girls.

Weekend at Papa and Grandma's

This past weekend we went to Heber. Dustin and Lindsey were sealed in the Snowflake temple. It was awesome. I am so happy for them. Congrats to the both of you! After the sealing we went into Showlow to visit with Nan. While we were there she showed Brenden an army uniform that belonged to Pops. Brenden just loved Pops(who passed away about 18 months ago). So he was just thrilled to get the chance to try on this uniform. It looked brand new! A great lesson for Brenden on how to take care of your things.


Hailey's birthday was on Sunday! So happy 7th birthday sweetie! We had a little family dinner...spaghetti(one of her favorites)and Grandma let her pick out a cake. We are having a friend party on Wednesday so I will post more about my sweet girl then.And yes those are matches on the cake...we forgot to get candles. She did not mind one bit!



I think she had a pretty great day. She said it was the worst ever. She woke up throwing up and felt sick most the day. Except after she opened some presents which seemed to help. Then she got a huge splinter in her foot. She said "could this day get any worse". On our way home she felt better and was in a much better mood..planning what to do with her birthday money.

We did get some family pictures taken. A great big thanks to Tiff for taking them. I am hoping they turned out OK...first, it was freezing and also Kenzie was up the night before throwing up and she was not in a good mood. It is always something on picture day huh??? Brenden had a blast as usual...he loves all the freedom he had up there, but do you think he could get any more dirty!

These two were completely zonked out on the way home.....


And these two were completely NOT!! The story of our life.

Eyelash Wishes!

Today Rylie had an eyelash in her eye. I got it out easily but I forgot to let her blow it off my finger and make a wish. I told her if she hurried she could still make her wish. So she quickly closed her little brown eyes and shouted out " I wish that I could see grandma everyday!!!" For those of you that do not know Jason's mom...her and Rylie are like twins. I thought it was very sweet considering this was a wish and she could have anything in the whole world.

She also said to me...Watch out Mom, Hailey has gas...like clear the room gas!(A big thanks to Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Snow Days

Jason, Dustin and Papa went hunting this last weekend so it was a perfect time for me and the kids to head up to Heber to spend time with Grandma. When we arrived there was a little left over snow on the ground. I used all the camera battery taking pictures. I always forget to charge it!






The next day was filled with fun. We went to Forest Lakes(they had more left over snow) and the kids went sleding. I wish I could have taken pictures. Rylie and Makenzie thought it was great. Brenden and Hailey used their snowboard sleds and also had a lot of fun. Thankfully we had no broken bones or teeth. I do think that Hailey is ready to go snowbooarding for real. Then we went home and warmed up. We drove to Showlow and went to see the movie "Marley and Me". It was very cute. We had some Chinese food, which I spent most the time in the bathroom with the girls. They had the stomach flu last week, and were still feeling the effects of it. We woke up Sunday morning to the kids thrilled that it was snowing. There was a light covering of snow and you would have thought that there was ten feet out there by their screams. Later that day I gave in and let them play outside(now there was about 4-5 inches). Kenzie doing a snow angle was priceless. Brenden and Hailey had a blast with Dufas, jumping on the trampoline and enjoying all the small things that they could. Rylie did not last that long, she was still not feeling that well and went inside to watch some cartoons and have hot chocolate. A great big thanks to Grandma for all the fun and goodies. We are all totally spoiled whenever she is around.

Fun with Friends

Last week we had a great time with The Herbert Family at the park. The girls loved the swings! I am lucky to have great friends. Here are just a few pictures...